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World-renowned audio brands AKG and Crown both began in 1947 after
World War II. These companies were founded by visionary leaders and
engineers, who discovered a growing need for communication tools to reach
a broader audience and expanded their brands from humble beginnings.
While AKG began its business manufacturing film projectors and loudspeakers
for movie theatres in Vienna, Austria, Crown focused on quality electronic
products for the radio industry from Elkhart, Indiana in the central U.S.
In early 1950, AKG achieved its breakthroughs with patents for moving-coil
technology and the principle of the mass-loaded diaphragm. This was the
beginning of AKG as a legendary brand known for superb microphones the
world over.
At the same time, Crown gained an international reputation for its family of
rugged open-reel tape recorders that were designed and built to operate reli-
ably in difficult conditions. Crown obtained a patent for the world’s first tape
recorder with a built-in 15-watt power amplifier (considered a large amplifier
at that time).
Together, AKG and Crown have produced a huge range of electro-acoustic
and electronic products for professional audio engineers and enthusiasts for
more than 120 years! Both companies have made major contributions to the
art and science of audio and can lay claim to a huge list of groundbreaking
products that have become milestones in microphones, headphones, ampli-
fiers and wireless systems.
In the 1993, Harman International, the world’s largest professional audio
company, acquired AKG and in 2000 purchased Crown to gain a foothold in
the microphone market.
As microphone experts for more than 6 decades, AKG now manages the
worldwide distribution of Crown microphones. For the audio professional,
this new distribution is noteworthy: Crown microphones are among the elite,
top-line products and are very well known for their outstanding performance.
The diversity of the Crown microphone line is a perfect match to the breadth
of AKG’s own quality product line. With the AKG’s expertise in microphone
distribution the world over, the new partnership of AKG and Crown is not only
logical; its true synergism is certainly greater than the sum of the parts.
a winning combination
AKG and Crown
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MB-3
MB-4 *
CM-311A
CM-312A *
Soundgrabber II *
Fixed •• • •• •
Mobile (tabletop) ••••••• •
Omnidirectional ••••••
Directional •• •• •• •
Intercom ••
Lectern •
Vocals (on stage) •
Theatre, onstage miking •
Houses of Worship •• •
Music recording • ••••
Conferencing (Tele, Video, Boardroom) •• •• •
Distance Leaning ••• • •
Courtroom •••••••••••
Security, surveillance, speech/conference recording •••••••••••
Ticket window, bank counter, reception desk, restaurant •• •
PC compatible/dictaphone compatible •
Switchable version available ••
“Switch remote sensing output” version available •
AKG compatible MiniXLR version available ••
1/8” phone plug, PC compatible •
Battery instead of phantom power ••
* This product must not be put on the market in any country applying the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (ROHS 2002/95/EC) Directive.
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